Daily Verb Lesson: French for manage isse débrouiller

The French for manage is the regular ER reflexive verb se débrouiller.
To remember this, imagine that that managing to sort out her difficulties is DEBORAH HARRY (Blondie), the singer.se débrouiller can also mean; to sort out, to get by. Related words include:
- se débrouiller avec quelqu'un : to sort something out with someone.
- débrouiller (v) : to disentangle, to solve.
- la débrouillardise (nf) : resourcefulness, smartness.
- débrouillard/e (adj m/f) : resourceful.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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to manage: se débrouillerImagine managing to sort out her difficulties is DEBORAH HARRY, Blondie, the singer.

✔ se débrouiller is a regular ER reflexive verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French. ✔
Learn se débrouiller and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs. ✔
Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns.

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